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Gr. King & R. Panfcling — New Orchids from Sikkim. [No. 3, 
Petals oblong, blunt, shorter than the sepals, connivent over the 
column. Lip oblong, with long shallow side-lobes, its body as far 
as tlie end of the side lobes with three to five parallel thickened 
nerves which end beyond the extremities of the side-lobes in a carun- 
culate area on the truncate apical lobe : spur geniculate, short. An¬ 
ther with a small 2-lobed lip. 
Sikkim: in the valley of the Teesta: elevation about 1,000 feet: 
flowering in August. 
The sepals of this are brown, the petals and lip pale yellow. The 
petioles of the two leaves form a pseudo-stem rather shorter than the 
scape, and they are enclosed within two sheaths about 9 inches long. 
This pseudo-stem is bound to the scape near its base by two short 
broad sheaths which originate from the tuber. The nearest ally of 
the species is 27. lachnocheila , Hook. fil. 
CYMBIDIUM, Swartz. 
Cymbidium Munronianum, n. spec. Terrestrial. Leaves stiff, erect, 
ensiform, 16 to 20 in. long and *75 in. broad, tapered into a petiole or 
not. Racemes stout, erect, about one foot long, about half being stalk, 
with two or three distant closely embracing sheaths 1 in. long. 
Flowers about 7 or 8, distant, 1 in. in diam., their bracts *25 to '35 in. long, 
lanceolate. Sepals and petals sub-equal, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Lip 
lanceolate (when flattened out), everywhere concave on the upper surface ; 
the lateral lobes elongate and shallow, the body with two parallel 
smooth lamellae in its centre ending with the side-lobes, the 
apical lobe narrow and reflexed. Pollinia 4, plano-convex, the gland 
narrow. 
Sikkim: in the Teesta Yalley on dry knolls : at an elevation of 
1,500 feet: flowering in May. 
The flowers of this species are sweetly-scented: the sepals and 
petals are straw-coloured and each has 5 dotted or streaked lines: the 
lip is white except its apical lobe, which is pale yellow transversely 
blotched with red. Its nearest ally is C. ensifolium , Swartz, under 
which it appears to be included by Lindley and other authorities. This 
Sikkim plant appears to us to differ very materially from the true 
Chinese G. ensifolium. We have dedicated the species to the late 
Mr. James Munro, for many years resident in Sikkim, and well-known, 
not only as a lover of plants, but as a man of great sincerity, and of 
unlimited kindness and hospitality. 
Cymbidium Simonsianum, n. spec. Leaves linear, sessile, the apex 
acute and sub-oblique : length 3 feet or more : breadth A in. Raceme 
8 in. long, pendulous, shortly stalked, sheathed at the base by large 
